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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20A · Ehrenberg, AZ · March 23, 1989

Date
March 23, 1989 · 16:00 local
Place
Ehrenberg, AZ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8312E
Reported as
Mooney M20A
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total300 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine seized, landed on a road and nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SEIZED, LANDED ON A ROAD AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.